UNITY IN LOCKDOWN

...still singing and sharing our music.

Unity's regular sessions are not taking place for the time being; meanwhile, members do what we can to share some music - and more!

Closed/Kapali

When will we re-open again?
Our lives are closed
We wait
We put our lives on hold
We only see people down a Video phone
We are protecting others and ourselves by staying in
We are protecting our Health Service and workers

All our campaigning
All our socialising
All our going to the cinema
All our enjoying life
All our drinks
All our eating out
All our going to concerts
All our walks in the park

All on hold
In case In case we are carriers of this dreaded disease
In case we might catch it from someone else

It is unreal that so many people have died
People are not a number-they are brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, aunts, uncles. grandparents.
They are all of us and we shall not forget any of them

Why did we mistreat the planet?
When this is over and it will be over... but
Now we are talking eighteen months

When we have grieved
Will we behave differently?
Will we stop the profit motive?

Will we learn to care for others above ourselves

Will we take better care of wildlife, plants, the oceans and animals?
Hope will get us through
And lets Really Hope that things will be different

Or, as Emily and Susan say, "you can sing the song" - and maybe send us a Unity version!

Norma writes: "Meanwhile, here is a painting I did a few years ago of my Easter tulips. I've hung it in my kitchen to cheer me up as I could not get real tulips this year. I am thinking of writing a song about Easter tulips..."

Liz Philipson singing Water of Tyne: "where we should have been going this month!"

Splendid Isolation: Mick Kahn playing a tune by Brendan McGlinchey with an appropriate title for these times!

Steve Suffet plays Aragon Mill: (by Si Kahn). Steve says "I was going to perform Aragon Mill at the 2020 New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) later this month in a mini-concert called Mine, Mill, Factory, and Beyond. It will now be available online as part of the Virtual New England Folk Festival."